Artistic licence... Kanye West, seen here with girlfriend Kim Kardashian, made unusual requests of the BBC

Well, what kind of philistine would accept anything less?

The wacky demand was part of US rapper Kanye's list of requirements before recording Later With Jools Holland earlier this week where he shared the billing with Kings of Leon and Sting.

He insisted his entourage needed half the 15 dressing rooms the BBC provides for show, screened tomorrow, and his own room would have to be entirely white including flowers, furnitire and walls.

But it was his dislike of the uneven carpet that reinforced his super-diva status.

Welcoming... Kanye performed on Jools Holland'd show [WENN]

A source told The Sun: "Nobody had heard of a request for a carpet to be ironed before.

"His entourage took over the studio, even though plenty of other stars were present."

During his performance, his every need having been met, he was "quiet and unassuming" and a delighted BBC bod said they were "looking forward to welcoming Kanye back very soon".

Kanye in fact has form for unusual rider requests.

Fickle... Britney, Mary J and Lady Gaga

Eddie Van Halen is credited with starting this ego-inflating malarky in 1982 during a world tour with a decree that all brown M&Ms be removed from sweet dishes in the rock band's dressing rooms.

But Kanye has previously insisted on imported and recut Versace towels and that his chauffeurs wear only 100% cotton clothes. "No man-made fibers."

Food is more Britney Spears' thing, last year at the O2 arena in London she asked for McDonald's cheeseburgers without buns, 100 figs and prunes... and a framed photo of Princess Diana, her inspiration.

Mary J. Blige wanted a fresh toilet seat for every night of a 35-city tour, Katy Perry insists her drivers do not try to spark conversation or stare at her in the rearview mirror and Lady Gaga wanted all manner of cheeses and a mannequin with puffy pink hair on her Monsters Ball Tour last year.